IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity
IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#0IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity
Posted: 12/12/05 at 7:31pm
Jenna Elfman as Charity?
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001184/board/nest/23946408
#1re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity
Posted: 12/12/05 at 7:33pm
You know Jenna Elfman at one point was VERY close to playing Charity?
But the creative team and the Weisslers decided she wasn't the right choice.
#2re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity
Posted: 12/12/05 at 7:35pmJust close the show!
"It is bad enough that people are dying of AIDS, but no one should die of ignorance." -
Elizabeth Taylor
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#3re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity
Posted: 12/12/05 at 7:35pm
There you are!
I thought it interesting they were comparing this to NINE.
#4re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity
Posted: 12/12/05 at 7:36pmYep. Jenna Elfman is one in a long list of actresses slated to play Charity and then never did.
"The theater is my life. I live it. I breathe it. I fondle it till it falls asleep." Jack (Will And Grace)
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#5re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity
Posted: 12/12/05 at 7:37pmWell they need a Charity by the end of the week, or the show is a goner.
#6re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity
Posted: 12/12/05 at 7:38pmThese knuckleheads also think that Jenna Elfman would be a good Sally Bowles.
zelda
Stand-by Joined: 6/20/05
#7re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity
Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:20pmas i recall jenna was suppose to go into the jane role in NINE but was fired...scuse me i mean let go.
BSoBW2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/8/04
#8re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity
Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:21pmZelda - in that link I posted, someone mention she was "let go"
#9re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity
Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:22pmI dunno if Jenna can sing, but Christina totally reminded me of her as Charity!!
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#10re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity
Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:25pmI believe it was mentioned on here that Jenna can't sing. At all. Not even a little bit.
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#11re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity
Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:30pmChristina lost me when she put her downstage arm up to hold the hat on the TONYS as she kicked away, That was either a BAD Choreographer or a BAD Dancer.
"It is bad enough that people are dying of AIDS, but no one should die of ignorance." -
Elizabeth Taylor
#12re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity
Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:33pmChristina said she was scared as hell for the Tony performance. She is tons better in the theatre. Her dancing in the theatre is quite impressive, she trained in dance for over 20 years, she can obviously dance. Her singing has gotten MUCH stronger. And her acting is absolutely perfect.
#13re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity
Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:36pmI'd love to see her do it, just once, to see if she could pull it off.
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
#14re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity
Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:40pmIt is still just a big downer to have someone like that revive a role that Verdon created. "Nobody's got no class".
"It is bad enough that people are dying of AIDS, but no one should die of ignorance." -
Elizabeth Taylor
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#15re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity
Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:45pmActually, I remember an announcement at the time that Jenna Elfman would go into Nine at a later date, after further preparation. She's probably just about ready around now...
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#16re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity
Posted: 12/12/05 at 8:46pmHahahahahahahaahaha
Nothing precious, plain to see, don't make a fuss over me. Not loud, not soft, but somewhere inbetween. Say sorry, just let it be the word you mean.
#17re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity
Posted: 12/12/05 at 9:47pmI would like to see someone like Kristin Bell take over the role. She's young still but I think she's great.
"You know just because you put a smiley face after it doesn't change the fact that it was an a-hole comment." ~ Sumofallthings
#18re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity
Posted: 12/12/05 at 10:01pmSmaxie's right. The producers announced that Jenna Elfman had simply "delayed" her opening in Nine. Then it was never mentioned again!
"Do you know ChrisLovesShows?" "Yes. Why, yes he does!"
my2cents
Featured Actor Joined: 10/18/05
#19re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity
Posted: 12/12/05 at 11:38pm
Updated On: 12/13/05 at 11:38 PM
#20re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity
Posted: 12/13/05 at 6:36amElfman was the first in the long line of "name" actresses originally proposed for Charity (Marisa Tomei, Jane Krakowski, and-eventually-Christina). I believe she might have even done a workshop of it.
my2cents
Featured Actor Joined: 10/18/05
#21re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity
Posted: 12/13/05 at 10:30amElfman was not first, tomei was, then elfman, then krakowski. and ofcourse before tomei was the (unrelated) revival starring paula abdul.
#22re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity
Posted: 12/13/05 at 11:06am
Actually I believe Melissa Errico Fan is right. In terms of the time line for this revival(let's try to forget Paula's intentions) Elfman was first. I remember reading about her getting vocal coaching from Cy Coleman personally.(I guess he saw a Charity in her) She must not have been progressing, because it sort of just never happened. Tomei came next, was announced for a workshop and a mini tour. She was used in the advertising for some of the out of town houses, and left before the workshop. She was then replaced by Krakowski. You know the rest.
Updated On: 12/13/05 at 11:06 AM
#23re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity
Posted: 12/13/05 at 11:29am
question: why wouldn't Jane Krakowskie play Charity. She would be wonderful, but I heard that she can't or something. Why?
#24re: IMdB - Fire Christina - Dharma as Charity
Posted: 12/13/05 at 11:32am
Here's a link to a dishy article about why Krakowski was out of Charity:
http://entertainment.myway.com/celebgossip/pgsixceleb/id/07_23_2003_3.html
Wouldn't you have liked to be a fly on the wall for that blowup?
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Updated On: 12/13/05 at 11:32 AM
